Shooty Skies - New Flying Game From Developers of Crossy Road

From two of three of the developers that brought you Crossy Road, comes a new game to become your next addiction; Shooty Skies - Endless Arcade Flyer By Mighty Games. 

Shooty Skies shares a lot of similarities to Crossy Road in terms of game graphics, set up, and amount of collectable / playable characters. 

Shooty Skies is a endless flying game where you control a character and plane, shooting down enemies. The game features a heap of characters to unlock from the prize machine. Wacky enemies like; flying arcade machines, laptops, robots, owls, a big mouth, video of a cat on a computer screen, and a lot more.

You control your character by dragging around your finger on the screen, with an auto fire attacking the enemies. There is also temporary (2 hour) weapon upgrades that you can gain by watching an advertisement. 

Like with most flyer games, the hardest part of Shooty Skies is dodging all the projectiles. 

Shooty Skies is free to download and play (with in-app purchases available) for iOS devices.  

> View Shooty Skies on the App Store.  

  

Jetpack Impossible - iOS (iPhone) & Android - Collect Green Gems, While Dodging Asteroids

We've all seen countless Flappy Bird clones, enough for a lifetime... If you're looking for similar games in terms of the controls and difficulty - here's a new one for you to try:

Jetpack Impossible By Nitako LTD. Is a new challenging game with a similar playing style, but no darn pipes or birds!

As you may have guessed from the title, you're on a jetpack, one that will need you to tap/hold on either the left of right direction of the screen to stay afloat. The mission is simple - collect the green gems, while dodging the asteroids.

Just like the title says, the game can feel impossible! It can be very tricky to control the jetpack, and just like Flappy Bird, don't count on getting a very high score. But at least in this game, you'll probably last a bit longer before seeing that game over screen.

Jetpack Impossible is a great fun and challenging game. Download it if you love jetpacks, space and impossible games like Flappy Bird.


Jetpack Impossible is FREE to download and is available for iOS (designed for iPhone) and Android devices. 

Flappy Flying Apps; Flappy Miley and Flying Cyrus for iPhone / iPad

The fascination with these type of games, that from now on will always be known as 'Flappy' games, continues...

Many developers are creating their own versions of the game, and a lot are rising to the top of the App Store charts. 'Flappy' games have used birds, obviously, fish, ducks, evil birds, turtles with jetpacks, and so on...

A couple of developers have drawn their inspiration from other sources than the animal kingdom. They two apps are: Flappy Miley Wrecking Ball Pro By Storm Factory, and Flying Cyrus - Wrecking Ball By Talo. I'll start with which one was in the App Store first, according to their release notes.


Flappy Miley Wrecking Ball Pro

This game which uses the same playing style, as the now removed Flappy Bird, app, features a female 'flapping' through the sky dodging pipes. The character, 'Miley', flaps hers ears to fly, as she flies with her tongue out.

Flappy Miley is currently FREE to download, available for iPhone and iPad.



Flying Cyrus - Wrecking Ball

This app, Flying Cyrus, is a little more creative, as they've gone the extra mile to add in the wrecking balls.  Same flappy game play. Touch to 'flap', dodge obstacles...

Flying Cyrus is FREE to download, and is available for iPhone.

Flappy Bird is Dead... Send In The Clones! - 5 More "Flappy" Apps

Flappy Bird, the annoying popular game that make $50,000 per day, is dead. The app died sometime yesterday (or today, depending on where you are in the world), supossibly by the pressure of being popular.

But lets no be depressed. Instead, why not download some Flappy Bird clones! I'm not really going to get into detail about these games, because expect them to see very similar to the Flappy Bird game.

Flappy Bee

By Michal Kacmar

Flappy Plane

By sungsoo jung

Fluffy vs Flappy birds

By Burnin Ape

Fly Birdie - Flappy Bird Flyer

By TapTomic

Flying Flappy Unicorn Bird : The Frozen Sky Fall - 

Free Kids Game

By Richard Wu

This game actually is a little different. A birds-eye view game. Dodging around... Looks like the word "Flappy" has been added to draw in some attention. 

Know of some more Flappy apps? Add them to the comments!

Lightning Fighter 2 - Free App Deal Pick Of The Day - iPhone & iPad

Lightning Fighter 2 By Uwan Studio, has gone free for a limited time. Download the game now!

Lightning Fighter 2 is a scrolling shooter game, similar to old school arcade games like; Raiden. Aliens have attacked, and using the prototype super fighter plane, it's up to you to save the world.

The modern take on the game keeps the retro feel. The game includes; Touch based controls. Multiple Planes; you start off with one, and can use the coins you collect to buy other planes which have different weaponry. Which brings us to the Planes special abilities; Each plane has 3 powerful weapons, and special attacks.

There are 10 different battlegrounds, going all the way into space.



Lightning Fighter 2 is a fun game. Great if you loved the classic. The game is currently on special, free for a limited time. A saving of $0.99.


Lightning Fighter 2 - App Store Links:

• iPhone/ iPod Touch. 

• iPad.

My Thoughts on the New 'Iron Man 3: The Official Game' - Available for iOS and Android

The Iron Man 3 game is out! In the game, you play as Iron Man, Tony Stark. 

The game is a "runner", which means you're constantly moving. 

As you're flying through the city, you're getting attacked and must fight back. 

You start off with the new Mark 42 armor for the first run but once you lose, the suit becomes damaged and you'll need to upgrade back to it later in the game.

So now you're given, armor Mark 3. You start flying around and fighting enemies, while dodging around obstacles like; planes, missiles, buses, blimps, lasers from bad guys and so on.

You can upgrade your armor(s) with the credits you collect, and get for completing missions, to improve: heath, weapons and whatever 'special' does.

You can buy new armors, however this is done incrementally in groups of armors and if your a mediocre player, just upgrading to the next available armor may take you about 120 'runs'.      


Likes:
- It's Iron Man!
- It's free-to-play
- Graphics are okay, looks not so great on a retina iPad, but still good.
- The idea of the game, would of looked good on paper. 
- The 18 different available suits.
- Since Robert Downey Jr. would of been too expensive to get to do the voice, 
I'm happy they picked Adrian Pasdar (who voiced Iron Man in the anime).

Dislikes:
- Suits are too expensive (will take a long time to save up credits)
- Game is too repetitive.
- Controls aren't that good (even with adjusting sensitivity).
- Game accuracy of movements is off
- Constantly being made to wait unless you use the rare diamonds.
- All text should be voiced, not only some parts. 
- Game is a 644MB download, and after playing uses 1GB+ of your storage. 
- Drains battery life, fast!

While playing the game it got me thinking, do the game developers want us to hate games? Is it so hard these days to make an enjoyable game? It's frickin' Iron Man, and you're flying through the city, shooting at bad guys! Playing this game should be fun, and (at least for me) it's just okay - but not fun.

If you're a fan of the "runner" game genre, you may like this game. If you're not a fan of "runners", you'll most likely find this game: frustrating, annoying and difficult.


You can download the Iron Man 3: The Official Game from the App Store and Google Play Store, for free. 

IRON MAN 3: The Official Game - Starting to be Released For Download Around The World - iOS & Android

Iron Man 3: The Official Game (by Gameloft) for iOS and Android is starting to be released for download around the world.

In the game, you'll play as Iron Man and control Stark Industries in a endless "runner".

The Iron Man 3 game is FREE and is out right now for download in New Zealand and Australia, and will be available to everyone else throughout the day.

Small warning, the game weighs in at 644MB! A big file that'll take up some space on your device. You'll need to be connected to Wi-Fi for the download (if from your iPhone or iPad).

**Update: Game should be available to everyone now:
- Download Iron Man 3: The Official Game on the App Store

Iron Man 3 - The Official Game App for iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android Devices

IRON MAN 3: THE OFFICIAL GAME

By Gameloft

FREE - iOS, Android.
Available from April 25th 2013

The official iOS and Android Iron Man 3 game is set to be released on April 25th 2013.

In Iron Man 3: The Official Game, you'll control Stark Industries.

Play as Iron Man.

Develop up to 18 suits from the movies and comics.

Upgrade your suits, unleash their power and defeat your enemies!

The game is a endless "runner" (like Temple Run, Pitfall...) or in this case, I guess it would be a "flyer".

The game looks awesome so far. The graphics look really good. Hope the game play is as great as it looks, and the controls are easy and intuitive for a touch device.

The games price is FREE-to-play, so that's really awesome. And of-course they'll be plenty of in-app purchases.

Here's the latest trailer for the game:



Also there's a 'first 10 minutes' of game play video over at IGN, check it out here.

Space Action Shooter Game: Radiant - iOS (iPhone, iPad) & Android - App Review

Radiant (by Hexage Ltd) is a modern, but retro iOS space action fighter game.

Similar to old fighter games like; Galaga. Space Invaders, Galaxian...


Radiant is action pack, colorful, story driven and features:

- Over 100 levels. With 10+ Boss fights.
- 6 Different upgrade-able weapons.
- 12 Special Powerups.
- 3 Different difficulty levels.
- Global scores.


Love the retro feel. The game is really colorful, and this at times can make the game feel cluttered and confusing especially when the enemy is shooting in the same color as you.

You control your space fighter by tapping either the left or right side of the screen. You can't move up or down. Only bad part about this is the enemy will fly everywhere, all over the screen.

You have multiple weapons to buy and upgrade and can switch in-between them in game. At the end of each level you can buy upgrades to your weapons.

There is a ongoing story with communications between you, your captain and the aliens.

Really fun to play, you won't want to put it down. My only complaint would be it does get really repetitive. But this is usually the same with all 'shoot-'em-up' type games.

If you're a retro fan of games like Galaga, you'll love Radiant.

Radiant, price and links:

iPhone: $0.99 / iPad: $0.99 (not universal)

Android: Free / Android "Radiant HD" $1.99.

Icarus-X - Fighter Jet Game - App Review

When I was younger I loved the game Raiden and I have played many fighter jet games since. 
Icarus-X (By The Quadsphere) is an impressive new 3D birds-eye view take on the old classic games. 

The graphics are pretty cool. The 3D is backgrounds are interactive. Pretty amazing, but also can be nauseating at times. 

The game is really fast-paced. There's a lot going on, lasers and fireballs being thrown at you, all over the screen. Downside is the backgrounds make all this on-screen details clash into one...

The controls are okay, not great. I couldn't even get my plane to go right to the bottom of the screen, it would always stay about 1/5 from the bottom. Also when you have your finger on-screen moving the craft, you can't really see what's around you. And you ship don't fire unless your holding your finger down. 

The game features two campaign modes: Redux; which includes power-ups and bombs and Classic; which has just one weapon and missiles. 

Icarus-X includes a practice mode, awards and replays. Also, leaderboards and then settings.

The settings include:

- Direct touch or relative touch controls

- Play game music or listen to songs from your device while playing.

It's a fast-paced, full of action fighter plane game, that can be frustrating at times or may even leave you feeling a little nauseated or dizzy from the 3D fast moving interactive backgrounds. If you love these type of plane fighter games - you may love this one. Not my favourite, but impressive none the less. 

Available for: iOS (iPhone / iPad) and Android

Price: $4.99 (iOS) / $2.99 (Android)